RC subject matter list (sub-category)

lx621146

Some topics appear more frequently than others on the LSAT. It may be helpful to prioritize your reading in addition to the LSAT passages.
Here's a list of subjects ordered by its frequency (PT1-PT76) from 7sage.

Law 84
History 43
Science 40
Biology 34
Literature 30
Anthropology 29
Philosophy 24
Economics 20
Technology 20
African American 18
Art 16
Native American 14
Painting 14
Women 11
Latino 10
Linguistics 10
Government 9
Music 9
Sociology 9
Zoology 9
Asian American 8
Poetry 8
Psychology 8
African 7
Performing Arts 7
Environment 6
Medicine 6
Physics 6
Agricultural Science 5
Climatology 5
Geology 5
Archeology 3
Education 3
Miscellaneous 3
Energy 2


Good luck!

GSU Hopeful

Thanks for taking the time to do this.

Sheri123

Excellent thanks so much for sharing this with all of us!

SlightEdge

Really appreciate this. Also, if someone has a book to recommend for a specific topic that would be even better. Like for the sciences, I'd recommend Bill Bryson's "A Short History of Nearly Everything." A pretty dense read that discusses a variety of topics that LR/RC passages cover. Found it helpful.

cjones76

Wow, this is awesome. Thanks @lx621146 !

MrSamIam

@lx621146 Awesome! Thanks for posting this.

blah170blah

I wonder if we can get a list like this not by subject matter but by overarching argument type/structure. For example:

Cause and effect
No opinion
2 opinions + synthesis
2 opinions + new hypothesis
Etc...